On 15 th July 2014, Australia’s largest civil trial settled. This was a civil trial in relation to the 2009 bushfires in Victoria (Black Saturday), where 173 people tragically lost their lives. The parties being sued were SP AusNet, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Country Fire Authority and Victoria Police. The settlement from the trial concluded with a $495 million settlement being reach between the parties, subject to court approval. Please refer to the Supreme Court’s article for further
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Having worked around the sector for the past 17 years and seen many community engagement programs, I can honestly say, the best program in 2012 by far is Frankston TV. Frankston TV has managed to turn a negative social media presence into a positive communication tool for the community. Frankston TV was created to counter [...]

I was invited to MC the Mission Foods Mexican Festival in September of this year, the day was fantastic, on the stage we had masked wrestlers, dancers, singer, musicians with the highlight being Ben and Andy from Master Chef giving a cooking demonstration. Working with Ben the winner of Master Chef and Andy who came [...]

Communication is at the heart of any activity being undertaken in the business world, weather you work in government or private enterprise the ability to get your meaning across to others is a crucial skill. Verbal skills are playing a bigger and bigger part for all of us, but we can’t afford to neglect the [...]

If you are looking for quality information for people working in the local government sector, you can’t go past this website. The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government is a unique collaboration of universities and professional bodies committed to the advancement of local government. Visit the ACELG website. If you liked this post, please [...]